Aviva Investors is an

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company and is part of the

Aviva Aviva plc is a British multinational insurance company headquartered in London, England. It has about 19 million customers across its core markets of the United Kingdom, Ireland and Canada. In the United Kingdom, Aviva is the largest general ...

group.

History

The London unit, previously known as Morley, was founded in 1971 as Geoffrey Morley and Partners. This was bought by Globe Investment in 1988 and then sold to

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, before being absorbed into CGU and then Aviva plc. The

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fined Aviva Investors in July 2011 for failing to have proper controls and procedures surrounding the safeguarding of client assets. The company has made significant investments in

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and

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. Some of the investments in biomass have attracted local and national opposition, due to the increase in pollution and the contributions to fossil fuels. In September 2021, Aviva Investors signed a long-term lease deal with

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to operate and expand the

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Notes and references

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* {{Major asset management companies 1971 establishments in England

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Financial services companies established in 1971 British companies established in 1971 Investment management companies of the United Kingdom Financial services companies based in the City of London Asset management companies